powerball fever hits record heights overnight. at least three winners in three states including florida as well as tennessee and california. >> i'm ready. excitement. >> small town store ambushed by excited powerball players overnight on the west coast.

>> have you checked your ticket? >> oh, grab those ticket, we numbers. today. i'm gene ramirez. going on. i'm gayle guyardo. look at the madness overnight in california. this is the scene outside the serious complaints eleven where someone bought a winning powerball ticket. >> someone with a lot of new friends, i bet. remember we have a winner right here in florida so again, grab those tickets. here are the numbers. 4. 8. 19. 27. 34. and the powerball, 10. once again 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and the powerball is number 10. check your tickets if you won. congratulations to you. not going to hit you up for money, just want to say congratulations. >> i might. we have team coverage on this break story. ryan hughes has everything you

and lindsey mastis is tracking how things are playing out online. first, we want to see if we're lucky weather-wise this morning. >> it's not too bad. it's a little cool. also a little cloudy. and 46 in lakeland. 50 in auburndale. 53 in bradenton. our one chilly spot, crystal river, you're at 39. so i know, we never really saw the sunshine yesterday. cloudy, dreary conditions and that's what we're still seeing, streaming clouds across the region. and you might see some breaks in the clouds today but i would say it's generally going to be a cloudier day today, maybe a little bit more humid. rain chances hold off until after the sun sets but notice this is overnight into friday morning. and we are starting to see some thunderstorms and those thunderstorms will get stronger into this time tomorrow. in the meantime this afternoon, 68 degrees. late day shower is possible. along with the cloudier skies. so in weather and traffic on the 8s at 4:38, i'll talk about the rare january subtropical

well let's take a look at traffic right now folks and traffic looks good despite a few issues go on. it's early in the morning, not a lot of vehicles but usually construction is the name of the games and and that's going on eastbound kennedy boulevard at rome avenue. you are routed around it into the residential area. only going to take about a minute to get around that. and a little bit of construction lingering here on northbound on i-75 to the university off-ramp. one lane take anway but traffic looks good here. and you've got a six minute commute between clark and university despite there being an accident. it's off to the side of the roadway at fruitville road. that's weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. the big breaking story. at least three people are waking up the winners of their share of $1.5 billion. powerball. one of the winning tickets sold

ryan hughs is live at the winn- dixie on palm river road in tampa. ryan, that was a lucky spot for a million dollar winner this weekend but right now, we don't know where the winning jackpot was sold just yet. >> reporter: gene, good morning. not yet. so as you can imagine, a lot of people likely on the edge of their seats this morning. somebody is a winner here in florida or perhaps somebody who simply visited the state and purchased the ticket. this store as you mentioned, the winn-dixie here in tampa was the home of a $1 million winner over the weekend. now in southern california, there's celebration at a store there where one of the winning jackpot tickets was sold. >> chino hills! chino hills! >> reporter: a huge crowd gathered at a 7-eleven store in chino hill, california where one of the three winning tickets was sold. you could hear them chanting "chino hills." this morning, lottery officials

sold winning ticket, florida was one. we are waiting on word about where here in florida. in addition to a jackpot winner, there were 11 $1 million winners here in florida and one $2 million winner. that means 13 people in the state or simply people who visited the state perhaps are waking up millionaires. so very good news this morning. we will continue to monitor the florida lottery website to find out exactly where that jackpot ticket was sold here in florida. and now let's switch live to lindsey mastis. and that website is actually having some issues this morning. >> reporter: yeah, you know, so many people are checking their numbers online that it crashed florida lottery's website as well as the one in california. but they posted the numbers on social media so no biggie. and powerball is trending on twitter right now as well. a lot of people are so excited. you know, that celebration in chino hill, california, they are posting these to social media. neat to see from inside what it

you know, but these people are in the minority. most people are really upset that they did not win. this guy is going to use his powerball tickets as target practice today. and another, well, one is ready to burn them. others are trying to get to know the unknown winners. a lot of messages like these. if you're the powerball winner, hit me up by direct message so i can help you flip your winnings into double the cash in two weeks. who couldn't resist that? well, people then are also trying to imply that someone simply is going the steal the powerball ticket from the winner. plus, there are a few people acting like they are the winner this morning. i'm pretty sure these are photo shop but if not, congratulation, right? we will have to figure out if he's a winner. i don't know. i kind of don't think so. i don't know if i would be posting my selfie. gene, would you do that?

the winning number, 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and the powerball to get the big jackpot, that powerball number 10. good luck. and we do have more break news this morning. while you were sleeping, seven people including five attackers are dead in terror attacks. explosions happened near a starbucks. additional blasts and more than two hours of gun battles were heard after the attacks. police in indonesia are reporting that the blasts were based after the paris terror attacks. right now elementary school students are getting ready to go back to school after a terrifying bus crash. it happened at u.s. 301 in riverview. adrienne pedersen is live at summerfield crossings elementary school this morning. so now that we know that everyone is okay, we have a lot of questions about why this happened in the first place. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. and thank goodness those kids

as parents are about to head off to school to drop their kids off, still shaken i'm sure. i'm going through the bus driver's records and i did find a few things. in fact, speeding in 2007, careless driving in 2008. and we will get back to that in a second but first let's listen to a student describe this scary experience that happened right after they left school. >> there's people screaming and crying. and i was wondering the we were going to get out -- wondering if we were going to get out safe. >> reporter: poor kid. that was sean. the student describing the scary scene. we do have exclusive cellphone video showing the chaos moments after the crash. fhp tells us with more than 30 students onboard, the bus driver marilyn kay ray was making a left-hand turn off u.s. 301 when she collided with a blue suv. the two kids that did go to the hospital are out this

the bus driver now cited for failure to yield. of course, we have a lot of questions this morning including if there's any surveillance video out there. we're going to try to track that down. and also if the bus driver, what's going to happen to her? will she still be driving your kids to and from school? we will let you know as soon as we get anymore information. >> thanks. we like to call it pre- friday. somebody is a winner, leigh. >> somebody, please be somebody i know. even a friend that, you know, one of the 13 millionaires in the florida area. this morning, we're getting interesting things going on. the subtropical storm alex, the first named tropical system of 2016 formed yesterday and has strengthened to 70 miles per hour. and obviously it's no threat to the u.s. really no threat to anyone but it is a rare event. so hour-by-hour through the day, cloudy, cool this morning. we do get up to about 68 degrees this afternoon.

until late in the day and overnight. the bigger story will be the showers and thunderstorms tomorrow morning. this time just 24 hour from now, a 60% rain chance. here are the storm threats. there will be lightning and some pockets of heavy rain. and i don't think that hail will be a big deal. in this system coming off the gulf of mexico, strong damaging winds and even that isolated threat for a tornado is possible. so you certainly want to stay tuned. let's check in on traffic on the 8s. yeah, it's dry and it's a good drive aside from a little bit of issues with construction but that's typical because it'ser and that's usually when -- because it's early and that's usually when they do construction. eastbound kennedy blocked at rome street as they continue construction throughout the morning. and that should be brand up within the hour or so. and you're just routed around into the residential areas and there are no delays. and meanwhile in sarasota, showing a good drive here with a little bit of construction. and this is northbound on i-75

the right lane is take anway. and an accident here, southbound, i-75 right at fruitville road but it's off to the side of the roadway. looks like no injuries reported so that's good news. and no delays. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> okay. happening today, will the rays stay or leave st. pete? the city council is expected to vote on a memorandum of understanding with the team leader today. the new plan from the st. pete mayor will allow the rays to look at a possible new location for the stadium. now the agreement requires the rays to pay 50% towards master site. and today we could also buc place. news channel 8 sports anchor dan lucas is keeping a close eye on this. head coach. cutter is assembling his own coaching staff.

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the carnival cruiseship that picked up eight cuban migrants at sea returns to tampa this morning. they shared this video exclusive with news channel 8. you can see the raft described by the passenger as a homemade sigh ron carly foam -- homemade styrofoam vessel. i will speak with the passenger who took the images later today. you don't want to miss that this evening here on news channel 8. a neighborhood is safe they

drug bust that put 14 people behind bars. police put an end to a so- called crack party inside a small house near 5th avenue and 7th street. neighbors claim this house has been a problem for a longtime. neighbors apartly cloudied when the cops went in. the chief of police tells us that the bust comes after getting good tips from people. largo police hope this new surveillance video may lead them a missing puppy. you see the guy in the navy blue sweater. largo police want to talk to him. these cameras caught the man picking up the yorkie puppy. at this point, the man is not suspected of a crime but he was the last person seen with the now-missing pup. take a look at the dramatic end to a police chase in montana. the driver of a vehicle banging on the door of an nbc affiliate. the security footage caught the car eventually coming to a stop on the sidewalk.

tried to get back in her vehicle. officers surrounded the car and the woman was finally taken into custody. and take a good look at this ship wreck. it was found in the indian ocean by crews searching for the missing malaysia airlines plane. this is actually the second oldest ship that search teams have found on the ocean floor. they believe this one is a steel or iron vessel dating from the turn of the 19th century. there's still no sign of missing flight mh 370. breaking florida news on a young woman killed in italy. a prosecutor says ashley olsen died after she suffered two fractures to her skull and then strangled and. we have information just in to the newsroom as well. prosecutors also saying that dna ties her death to a emigrant as well. we will learn more throughout the morning but she will be

one of her former teachers of spirit. italian media reports her boyfriend found her dead in her apartment. an 89-year-old cape coral woman is alive after a powerful tornado turned her home inside out. and she has her son to thank. david hawk had to think fast when he suddenly noticed the walls shaking. in a matter of seconds, the tornado was right there with the two of them. he used his body to shield his mom while the storm ripped their belongings and their home to shreds. >> i pulled her out of her chair. and i layed over top of her. and about the time i got over the top of her, things started exploding and glass started flying. >> the winds were so powerful, the truck in their driverway was launched straight through their roof. hawk and his mom lost everything but he is grateful for the record community reaching out to help them -- for the community reaching out to help them recover.

geography has a lot to do with hpv vaccination rates. girls in mostly hispanic communities are more likely to have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine than girls in predominantly white or african- american communities. poorer areas have higher rates than wealthier areas. new numbers on birthrates. data shows american women are having babies at a later age. in 20000, the average age was 46 and now it's 26. experts report teen births had the largest impacts. american-indians and alaska natives had the youngest. time right now to turn things over to leigh spann for weather and traffic on the 8s. >> good morning. it is another cool start to the day. grab the jacket, the long sleeves. we will keep mostly cloudy skies in the forecast again today.

7:00 a.m., maybe up to 59 degrees at 11:00. it will be warmer than yesterday. we make it into the up 60 as but i'm not expecting a lot of sunshine. outside right now, cool in inverness, 37. yeah, the coats needed there. 52 sebring. and i checked in with my weather watcher with bob in venice, he says it's 52 degrees at his house. the next 48 hours, lots of changes going on. we have one more cool morning. later today, warmer and late day rain chances. notice rain after 6:00 p.m. the problem is that the storms that come through early tomorrow, basically 24 hours from now have the potential to see damaging winds and possibly an isolated tornado but quickly clearing out for friday afternoon and saturday and another system coming through on sunday. let's check on traffic on the 8s. some of the construction is clearing up but in pinellas county, still going on. this is 275 around 54th avenue south.

we have a lane take anway if in the distance. this is at 54th avenue south. and a live look here at the polk parkway and i-4,s great in lakeland. back to gene and gayle. >> thanks, leslee. a big day in hollywood. >> oscar nominations are just hours away. coming up, some of the movies favored for a golden statue this year. you're watching news channel 8

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everyone is waiting this morning on oscar nomination announcements. >> yeah, getting ready for hollywood's prom night, i guess we can call it. we will learn who is up for an award at 8:30 right here on news channel 8. but there are already predictions in place. among the list, the martian, straight out of compton and of course, "star wars: the force awakens." and then there's creed. very popular movies there. you can watch the big reveal live during the "today" show at 8:30 right here on news channel 8. the 88th oscars will be held sunday, february 28th. weather and traffic on the 8s just three minutes away. plus, in the next half hour, an update on breaking news stories that we're following for at this hour. we have new information on a massive blast and gunfire that's rocked a town overnight. also the powerball winnings will be split between at least three ticket, one sold right here in florida.

we know about the winners just ahead.

it's time for weather and traffic on the 8s. it's another cool morning. although these are pretty typical mid-january temperatures. 43 in zephyrhills. down to 37 in inverness. 48 in lakeland. and checking in around 52 degrees in north port. and i just heard from my weather watcher wendy in brooksville. she's chilly. she's at 41 degrees. through the day, i will keep it cloudy. we may see more breaks in the clouds than yesterday but general ring leader mostly cloudy and warmer than yesterday at 68 degrees although that's still below average. late day shower around sunset but the rain chances increase after midnight. we could even see some strong to severe thunderstorms tomorrow morning. we will talk more about that and when it dries out coming up. how about traffic on the 8s? well we still have

pinellas county, northbound 275, the cones still in the roadway. and then also that left lane taken away near 54th avenue south. let's talk about tampa. we had construction going on eastbound on kennedy boulevard. still remnants out there. and eastbound was blocked at rome and traffic was diverted around it locally. no delays but just be aware because all of the eastbound lanes were blocked. downtown in tampa looks good. construction northbound i-75 exiting to university parkway.